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Government
100
What rank were the kings in?
High - Rank
100
Who would please the gods and had a connection to them?
The Priests
100
What happened yearly in Mesopotamia?
A Flood.
100
What are the two major things that the Sumerians created?
Wheel and Plow
100
What did city-states 'create'?
Kings
200
What rank included the free people?
In-Between rank
200
What does polytheism mean?
The worship of many gods
200
What is a Surplus?
More then they needed for themselves.
200
What did the plow help with?
It helped farmers carry their crops
200
What did each city-state have to protect them?
They each had one god to protect them.
300
What would you do to become a slave? (Two correct answers)
Spend a lot of money when in in-between class or your parents die or are poor.
300
What did the Sumerians think of the gods as?
Rich Landowners (who created humans to work for them)
300
Why were the rivers of Mesopotamia important?
They provided people with drinking water and water for crops.
300
What was a special kind of wheel?
The potters wheel
300
What is a city-state?
A community that included a city and its nearby farmlands
400
Who mostly made up the high-rank, in-between rank and lower-rank?
Kings, priests, landowners, government officials, and rich merchants made up the high-rank. Many farmers and artisans made up the in-between rank and slaves made up the lower-class.
400
What did the Sumerians think the gods would do for them?
They thought the gods could stop the dangers to Sumer and protect them.
400
How did the Mesopotamians water their crops? (Word)
Irrigation, which is when you build canals to carry water from the river to your crops. .
400
What is a pictograph and what did it evolve into?
A pictograph is a "picture writing" and it evolved into the cuneiform.
400
How much-estimated city-states are there and where are they located near?
12 estimated city-states by 3000 B.C. and they are located near the two rivers (water)
500
What were the roles of a woman? (You have to get at least 2 answers right)
If they were in upper-class they could be a priestess (a role of honor), If they were in in-between class then they could own land or work with there husband to own a business but their main role was raising children.
500
What did people go to the priests for?
The people went to the priests to ask the gods for help and to learn how to act to please the gods.
500
What did Mesopotamians do with lack of resources?
The Mesopotamians had to build their houses out of mud for the bricks and plaster since they couldn’t make them out of wood and stone.
500
What did the Sumerians develop? Why and what was it based on?
The Sumerians developed the arithmetic to keep track of crops and trade goods. Their number system was based on the number 60.
500
What are 5 things that the kings did when they took over?
They protected the citizens when under attack, took over some of the priest's jobs, maintained the canals, managed the surplus grain and acted as judges.